Publication Type
Report
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2012
Abstract
In June 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted its first resolution on sexual orientation and human rights. Resolution 17/19 expressed grave concern at violence and discrimination committed against people because of their sexual orientation and tasked the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on such abuses. In a body marred by regional bloc voting, Resolution 17/19 passed with support from states in all five of the official regions of the UN. South Africa was widely praised for leading such a progressive resolution through the Council, especially in the face of considerable pressure from African and Islamic states.
Discipline
Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Issue
17
First Page
1
Last Page
5
Publisher
South African Foreign Policy Initiative
City or Country
Pinelands, South Africa
Citation
JORDAAN, Eduard Christiaan, "South Africa’s First Five Years on the United Nations Human Rights Council" (2012). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 1167.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1167
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1167
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Additional URL
https://www.safpi.org/publications/south-africas-first-five-years-united-nations-human-rights-council